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Jacob Zuma Resigns
Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa, has resigned after days of defying orders from the ruling African National Congress to leave office and on the eve of a no-confidence vote in parliament.
In a televised address to...

WhatsApp has detailed its plans for older mobile operating systems, with less than a week before the end of the year. The Facebook-owned app will end support for BlackBerry OS (including BlackBerry 10) and Windows Phone 8.0 (and older)...

Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed says the war against Boko Haram is not over.
He added that those criticizing the $1bn from the Excess Crude Account to fight the terror group, are uninformed.
Lai Mohammed said this on Tuesday...

A former chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Dr Ngozi Olejeme, has refuted claims her detention by the EFCC is connected to former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Olejeme was invited and detained by the anti-graft agency to answer...

Zamfara state government has described the fire that gutted the N183 million Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) intervention project at the State College of Education, Maru, as unfortunate.
The acting state governor, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala, who visited the College on...

Former Ballon d’Or winner, George Weah has been announced as the President-elect of Liberia, West Africa.
The 51-year-old former World Footballer of the Year swept thirteen (13) out of the fifteen (15) counties with his 73-year-old opponent Joseph Boakai getting...

Boko Haram terrorists had gone to steal food items and the bricklaying machine of the Chibok Secondary School, Borno, before, on a second thought, decided to abduct the schoolgirls, reveals a new report.
According to Wall Street Journal, it was...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Osun State, on Wednesday commenced an indefinite strike, closing the State Government Secretariat in Abere, Osogbo.
The state union chairman, Jacob Adekomi, led other unions’ leaders to the secretariat to shut down the place.
The...

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), snake bite, hunger and malaria have killed thirteen of the 276 Chibok schoolgirls in Boko Haram custody.
The girls were kidnapped from their school in Chibok, Borno State by Boko...

The Katsina state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lambasted Governor Aminu Bello Masari for downplaying the defection of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking to newsmen, the Katsina state PDP Chairman, Salisu Majigiri, said...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said it will appeal against the ruling of the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal, which today held that the agency lacked powers to investigate or prosecute serving judicial officials...

Suicide Bomber Strikes New York Subway
A man detonated a pipe bomb strapped to his body in a crowded New York subway passageway during the morning rush hour Monday, December 11 injuring three people – putting the city again on...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused the Directorate of State Services (DSS) of establishing another version of Radio Biafra, with the hope of using it to sabotage the group’s struggle.
IPOB’s media and publicity secretary, Mr Emma...

A horrific accident has left a good number of cows dead after they fell off a bridge in Utah.
The dead cows after falling off a bridge in the US
A semi-truck in Utah carrying cattle crashed Wednesday on...

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Cristiano Ronaldo Upset with Media, Refuses to Comment on Breaking Own Record
BY BAYO JOBI · NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Portugese forward, Ronaldo is currently angry with the media over the alleged misinterpretation of his words by journalists.
Real Madrid superstar, Cristiano...